The NIDDK High School Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons
| Autor: | Noe Antolin, Dolores E Caffey-Fleming, Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Keith C. Norris, Carolee Dodge-Francis, Kelley Brinkley, Robert Rivers, Sheila McLaughlin, Aneesa Golshan, Tiffany Yoshida, Lourdes R. Guerrero, Kira Tran, Lawrence Y. Agodoa, George Hui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Underrepresented Biomedical Research Universities Adolescent Workforce Training Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject Family income National cohort 03 medical and health sciences Health science Underrepresented Minority ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Humans Students Minority Groups media_common Diversity Medical education Schools 030505 public health Native american Mentors Cultural Diversity General Medicine United States First generation ComputingMilieux_GENERAL High School Good Health and Well Being Workforce Public Health and Health Services Female Original Report: High School Programming to Promote Careers in STEM Public Health 0305 other medical science Psychology Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | Ethnicity & disease, vol 30, iss 1 Ethn Dis |
| ISSN: | 1945-0826 1049-510X |
| DOI: | 10.18865/ed.30.1.5 |
| Popis: | Background: Increasing the pipeline of aspiring minority biomedical/health professionals is a crucial component to diversifying the health science workforce. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) created the High School Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons (HS-STEP-UP) to provide introductory biomedical/biobehavioral research experiences to promising high school students, who are traditionally underrepresented in the biomedical/biobehavioral sciences. The program reached out to African American and Hispanic students, as well as Native American students and students from the United States Territories,Methods: HS-STEP-UP provides a stimulating, rigorous 8- to 10-week summer research experience for a national cohort of ~100 high school students each year; the experience is organized through four National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded coordinating centers. Typically, the program receives about 300 applications a year and about 100 students are accepted. Applicants are reviewed and selected based upon their online application that includes: a high school transcript, list of classes and extracurricular activities, two recommendation letters and a personal statement. The program culminates with a symposium at the NIH where students present their research and attend workshops and seminars.Results: For the 2017 and 2018 HS-STEP-UP programs, the classes included 193 students; 67% were females and 82% were underrepresented minorities. Forty eight percent of students reported a family income |
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